The @ato_gov_au is hailing another big victory over #BlackMarket #tobacco in #Australia, via its mouthpiece @ABCaustralia.
Let's take a closer look..
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abc.net.au/news/rural/202…
Let's take a closer look..
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abc.net.au/news/rural/202…
That represents about 2 days and three hours (51 hours) of the annual supply of #BlackMarket #tobacco, a lot of which is imported rather than locally grown. 
"But.." squeal ANTZ types in a #ScreamTest ".. you presume just one bust per year. HA! We. Own. You."
Good point. That same page at the ABC links three related stories - dating back to 2017. Here we are nearly 5 years later, with 4 busts to show for it.
Less than 1 per year.
Good point. That same page at the ABC links three related stories - dating back to 2017. Here we are nearly 5 years later, with 4 busts to show for it.
Less than 1 per year.
Further, the article states 9.7 hectares was devoted to that crop.
If even 1% of this continent is arable land that is better hidden than the crop that was busted, that means there are potentially 792,990 plots big enough to be growing similar crops.
Right. Now.
If even 1% of this continent is arable land that is better hidden than the crop that was busted, that means there are potentially 792,990 plots big enough to be growing similar crops.
Right. Now.
I not only hope that the black market in (almost immeasurably) less harmful #vapes is as successful, but that that success makes the dullard politicians wake up to what they're doing, overrule the screeching #ANTZ & legalise #nicotine for retail sale.
Oh, and black-market guys: how about making some of that #tobacco into #snus? It's easy, much less harmful and helps prevent the product from going mouldy.
And to the ATO, & the #ANTZ.
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